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Press the Play button to watch my reel which includes footage from The View, Comedy Central, CNN, ABC News and more.
Press play to watch the Arab-American comedian bonus feature from Michael Moore's DVD "Fahrenheit 9/11" featuring Ahmed Ahmed and myself.
		CNN - AMERICAN MORNING'S A.M. POP Segment 1 CNN - AMERICAN MORNING'S A.M. POP Segment 2 On TOUGH CROWD with Colin Quinn NHK TV - NEW YORK STREETS @ THE IMPROV W/ DEAN ABC - THE 2004 DEBATES
		NPR Leonard Lopate show Check out my recent appearance on NPR’s Leonard Lopate show.
		Democracy Now with Amy Goodman You can listen and watch this clip of my appearance on the nationally syndicated radio show "Democracy Now with Amy Goodman."
		NPR's "The World" audio link Click the link above to listen to the segment I appeared in on NPR's nationally syndicated show "The World."
		Comedy with an Agenda Check out this video clip I am featured in from the Washington Post.com’s segment “Comedy with an Agenda.”

PBS' Frontline: The Arab-American View: From a Comedic Perspective
In this video dispatch, reported by FRONTLINE/World fellow Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, with additional reporting by Yasmina Hatem, the funny and finicky Dean Obeidallah speaks candidly about how his Arab identity affects his comedy routines and riffs on the way the word "Muslim" has become a derogatory term in this Presidential election.
"Cairo Stands up for Comedy"
Here is an article about our "Arabs Gone Wild" show in Cairo which drew over 4,000 people! This review appeared in "The Daily News Egypt."
"Making Jordan Laugh"
This is an article from "The Jordan Times" about the sold out shows I performed in Amman, Jordan with Maysoon Zayid and Aron Kader.
"Obeidallah Rocks Dixon Hall"
Check out this article from the Tulane University school paper about my show at Tulane.
"Mining the Middle East for Laughs"
Check out this Newsweek article by Lorraine Ali about the Comedy Central.com show I co-created with Max Brooks called "The Watch List." This is the first show ever released by a major American entertainment company to star all Middle Eastern-American performers.
"Hitting the Funny Bones of Contention"
Check out this Washington Post article by Paul Farhi about the Axis of Evil Comedy Tour and how it "Detonates Some Explosive Stereotypes."
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I am appearing in and serving as the Executive Producer of The Amman Stand up Comedy Festival- the first comedy festival ever in the Middle East. It takes place December 2-5, 2008 in Amman, Jordan. For more details please click
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I hope you will check out the new video I made with a group of my friends for Queen Rania of Jordan's Youtube project seeking to breakdown negative stereotypes by clicking HERE.